Chapter Nine: The Artificial God Project, Also Known as the Human God Project (Part One)

Two questions: Why do you want me to be their bodyguard? Who would want to harm them? Judging by the cars they drive, they must be incredibly wealthy. They could easily afford to hire special forces as bodyguards. Secondly, why should I control the three of them, including you? If you cannot give me a reasonable answer to these two questions, then I’m sorry. You are welcome to stay here with me—that can be considered compensation for hitting you yesterday and a thank you for helping me keep the truth about Kexin from coming out. But helping you is out of the question,” Yan Tian said with a smile. “I may like beautiful women, but I’m not stupid. I don’t want to risk both myself and Kexin because of you.”

“I knew you’d ask that,” Leng Bingbong said. “First, let me clarify—it’s not that they are extremely rich; I am. Just based on their jobs alone, they couldn’t afford those cars even if they were mistresses to billionaires. I paid for all their cars. The four of us originally lived together.” She walked into the kitchen and stood in front of Yan Tian, looking him straight in the eyes. “I will give you a satisfactory answer. But before I answer your questions, let me ask you this: Have you ever heard of the ‘Artificial God Project’? Or, by another name, the ‘Human God Project’?”

Yan Tian thought carefully for a moment and vaguely recalled hearing those terms several years ago.

He nodded. “Yes, I have. It was said to be proposed by a genius—almost mad—biological scientist, who gathered a group of equally crazy scientists to research and experiment. In China, it was called the ‘Artificial God Project,’ while in Europe and America, it was known as the ‘Human God Project.’ The media covered it frequently at the time, and there were often rumors online. The idea was that if the project succeeded, humans would no longer need to worship gods, for humanity themselves would become gods among gods. But I heard it was just a flash in the pan—lots of noise but no real substance. It was never truly implemented. Soon after, there was no more news or controversy about it.”

Yan Tian was quite interested in current affairs. A few years back, the so-called Artificial God Project and Human God Project were hot topics. He even argued online with some netizens about it for a while.

Of course, the project ultimately failed to gain government approval. After all, using humans as experimental subjects for such a high-risk, unproven research topic was unacceptable from a human rights perspective.

Thus, the project was shelved and gradually faded from media attention and public awareness.

If Leng Bingbong hadn’t brought it up today, Yan Tian might never have remembered this forgotten topic. But now that she did, the origins of the project surfaced in his mind.

The project was born from the vision of a genius scientist.

With modern technological advances, the human body is no longer a mystery, but the secrets of the human brain remain undeciphered.

Scientific research shows the human brain contains approximately 14.5 billion neurons, but people only use about 10% of their brain cells daily; roughly 90% remain dormant.

Even the greatest scientists in history—the famously brilliant Einstein—only utilized about 13% of his brain’s capacity.

These studies highlight a common trait: the human brain has immense potential, yet its utilization rate is extremely low.

These mad genius scientists believed that if the brain’s full potential could be unlocked, even an ordinary person would possess the powers of mythological gods.

One of them even claimed that the gods worshiped throughout history, even God himself, truly existed. But these so-called gods were merely individuals whose brain utilization far exceeded that of ordinary people, granting them miraculous abilities that led others to revere them as deities.

He regarded Einstein as a natural god—a scientific god with an extraordinarily high IQ!

When he proposed his brain development theory, this mad scientist arrogantly claimed that he had already found a preliminary method to unlock the human brain’s potential.

Because that vast dormant portion of the brain was an unsolved mystery in science—impossible to accurately control—it was referred to as the “God Forbidden Zone,” meaning only God could touch that absolute realm.

Thus, when this genius scientist proposed the plan to unlock the human brain’s potential, it became known as the “Artificial God Project” or the “Human God Project.”